black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

Jules Verne

We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
JULES VERNE

Oneself Perfection Science Theory
But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
JULES VERNE

Achievement Eyes Impossible Mindset Mystery Right Yourself
Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
JULES VERNE

Errors Man Mistake Right Science Truth
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
JULES VERNE

Behaviour Human Mindset Natural
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
JULES VERNE

Fact Imagination Reality Romantic
All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
JULES VERNE

Action God Greatness Return
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
JULES VERNE

Description Horror Portrait
However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
JULES VERNE

Eat End Hungry People Philosophy
What darkness is to you is light is to me.
JULES VERNE

Darkness Light Myself Perspective Yourself
When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
JULES VERNE

Character Doubt Forget Future Mindset Past Performance Value
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
JULES VERNE

Brave Human Law Natural Oneself Resistance
We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
JULES VERNE

Better Book Growth Opinion Reading
It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.
JULES VERNE

Alone Believe Destroy Fortune Friendship Quick Reason Solitude
There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, – in God’s good time.
JULES VERNE

Better Future God Goodness Hope Life Time World
On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
JULES VERNE

Calm Destroy Each Other Man Ocean Peace
I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
JULES VERNE

Bad Expression Love Myself Scare Word

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Jules Verne Quotes